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I'm Ryan from extremeterrain.com, and this is my review and installation of the ARB Front Bumper with Bullbar, fitting all 2007 and up JKs. Today, we're gonna talk through the installation of this bumper, which I am going to give a strong two out of three wrenches. This does require some cutting of both your factory bumper and your frame horns to get this installed. So, it's probably going to take you over two hours for this installation, but we'll talk more about that in just a second. This bumper is going to be full of both on-road and off-road features, and it is incredibly well built, which also makes it one of the most expensive front bumpers that we offer.So, if you're looking for a full-width front bumper, really well built, gonna last a very long time, and you have the budget for it, I think this is going to be a pretty nice choice for you. However, if you are looking for something a little bit less expensive that has similar features, maybe not quite the build quality or quite the quality of finish as this bumper, there are going to be some less expensive options out there. This bumper is also going to be unique because it is airbag compatible. Now, that's not to say that the other bumpers that bolt directly on to your frame horns are going to make your airbag useless, because they're not. But this bumper is specifically designed to use the factory crush cans in your factory bumper, keeping that airbag compatibility.As I said before, this is a very well built bumper. Now, because this is a full-width bumper, of course, it's gonna be heavier than a mid or a stubby, but even for a full-width bumper, this weighs a ton. This is very heavy duty, very strong, faded, gusseted. It's going to hold up to anything you can throw at it. And just by looking at the weld, you can tell there was a lot of care in assembling this bumper. This also has one of ARB's high-quality coatings on it, which is a multi-stage coating process, which means this is never going to cause you any issues as far as rusting, or corrosion, like some of the less expensive bumpers on the market might. This coating is going to hold up very, very well for you.Now, as far as features, this does have a ton of them. Right in the front in here, you can see it has a winch mount built into it, and this mounts the winch very low, which gives you almost a sunken winch style look. You have your fairly mount which is going to be in the center of the bumper instead of up on top of it, like some of the other bumpers that are on the market. And it just gives a very clean look to the front of the Jeep when you have a winch on it, being that you can hide a lot of the body of the winch. Now, this does have two toe hooks, two recovery hooks, and they're gonna be down on the bottom of the bumpers, still very, very strong. They're going to be right over the frame horns, giving them all of their strength, but it's a little bit of a different style than some of the other bumpers. It'll have a D-ring mount or shackle mount right in the center of the bumper itself.This bumper is designed to accept your factory fog lights, which is always the nice feature. You're already gonna have those lights, the wiring, the switching. Why not purchase a bumper that will give you the ability to bolt them right into your new bumper? And this will do that. This also has some additional lights on the outside corners of it. It has marker lights, or turn signal lights. However you wanna wire them up on the outside of the bumper, again, making this a little bit more unique than some of the others that are out there. Up on top of the bullbar, you have a couple of additional lighten up tabs, so you can put some auxiliary lights on this bumper if you choose to. As we said before, one of the biggest things that makes this bumper unique is the fact that it does use those factory crush cans with the factory crush can extension bracket when you install this bumper. A lot of the other bumpers on the market...you just throw your factory bumper away. This one, you remove it, you make a couple of cuts, and you reuse those crush cans.So, like I said before, we are gonna go with a strong two out of three wrenches because of the cutting and also the wiring that's involved in you're getting this bumper installed, and over two hours for the whole installation. The first step is going to be, of course, removing that factory front bumper, which you'll do by removing your frame cover, and your splash guard. You're going to remove the fog light sockets out of the fog light housings, and remove the eight knots that are holding that factory bumper in place, finally, just giving it a pull to remove it from the Jeep.After that, you can remove the fog light housings from the factory bumper and attach them into your new ARB bumper, and mark and cut your factory bumper to remove those crush cans, and install them in your new ARB bumper. Now, you are also gonna have to make a couple of cuts on those frame horns. This is the time to do that since you have everything apart. You'll mark and cut the frame horns before installing the bumper on the Jeep. Then you can go ahead, set the bumper over the frame horns, bolt it down. You can install your winch before or after installing the bumper on the Jeep.Usually, I recommend bolting your winch to your bumper before installing the bumper on the Jeep, because it's easier to get to those wrench mounting bolts. And that's still the case here. However, with the weight of this bumper, adding the winch to it makes it very cumbersome to try and move around. So it's up to you whether you wanna do the winch while the bumper's on the Jeep, or while it's still on the ground. After you have all of that done, you are going to have to wire up those turn signal lights, which is going to require a little bit of cutting, and some soldering, or splicing, however you decide to get these hooked up. You can set these up as a marker light, which is really what they're designed for, or if you wanna get a little bit creative, you can even make them into a turn signal.I mentioned before, this bumper does have a lot of features, and the build quality is one of the highest that you'll find out there from the actual materials used to decoding that's on this bumper. And for all of that, you are going to pay a price. This bumper comes in right around a thousand dollars, which is one of the more expensive front bumpers that you can get for your JK. But if you're looking for a very high quality bumper that's packed full of features and has some unique features, and also one that's airbag compatible, this is gonna be one of your only options out there. However, if you're willing to give up some of those features, some of that build quality, if you're on more of a budget, there are a lot of other options out there that are going to work for a lot of you.So, if you're looking for a bumper with a ton of features, really high build and coating quality, and you have the budget for it, I would definitely recommend taking a look at this one. So, that's my review of the ARB Front Bumper with Bullbar, fitting all 2007 and up JKs, that you can find right here at extremeterrain.com.

Extreme Protection. The ARB Deluxe Bar Bumper is designed to give your Jeep functional front end protection, while maintaining a fully integrated style. This air bag approved bumper addresses every obstacle faced when searching for the perfect off road bumper. Fashioned with a built in bull bar and a slim profile which won't interfere with larger tires, this bumper is made to take on the roughest terrain out there.

Safety First. This ARB bumper features recessed indicators to let others know of your presence, as well as universal light tabs and driving light mounting points for your after market lighting options. This bumper comes equipped with a recessed winch plate able to fit most after market winches as well as all Warn models up to the XP9.5 including Zeons. To complete the package this bumper also has solid built in tow points and a CB antenna mount to provide the clearest signal to keep you in touch when you're off the grid.

Durable Construction. This bumper is constructed from high quality steel and features heavy duty welds for extreme strength and reliability on and off road. The entire bumper is finished in a durable textured powder coat finish to prevent wear from corrosion and provide a seamless factory like look. This bumper is backed by a 2 year limited warranty for extreme security and value.

Application. The ARB Front Bumper with Bull Bar is designed for use with 2007-2018 Jeep Wrangler JK models.

Please Note. A Winch Cover Panel (covers the winch location if not installing a winch), part number 3550150, and a Fog Light Cover Kit (covers the fog light aperture if OE fog lights are unavailable), part number 3550030, are not included with this Front Bumper.

Will I need to order any adapter plates or relocation hardware to install this bumper on my Jeep. Brad B answered my questions earlier but before I finished reading his response your web site flipped to a rating and I lost everything. Figured I try it with my computer this time.

The ARB Front Bumper will not require any relocation brackets or adapters for installation.

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The ARB Front Bumper w/ Bullbar, includes fog light covers if you do not have existing fog lights. However if you were interested in purchasing fog lights any OE size would fit well in this bumper I have posted a link below.
https://www.extremeterrain.com/raxiom-smoked-led-fog-lights-j103747.html

Due to the ARB Front Bumper w/ Bullbar (07-17 Wrangler JK) design, this bumper may interfere with larger tires during off-roading and heavy articulation. If you are looking to run larger tires and plan to do heavy off-roading, we would recommend a stubby style bumper instead. You would not have any rubbing on road or light to moderate off roading.

Fantastic bumper and the fitment to the factory front fenders is exceptional. There's a catch however, installing this thing (at least for me) was an all day and sometimes frustrating job. Biggest issue is the printed instruction are not great ... mainly the picture quality. Fortunately, Extreme Terrain has them posted on this web site and the resolution is way better. Also, I agree with others on the hardware packaging (if that's what you want to call it), you just get a big bag of nuts and bolts. You'll have to spend some time correlating what goes where. The other issue I had was on me ... I did this solo. It'd have gone alot easier if I had bribed a buddy with a six pack to come help ... this thing is freaking heavy! The pain was worth the effort, though, once installed this baby rocks!

This bumper is heavy duty and beautiful at the same time. I love the way it fits my Jeep. However, it is a bugger to install. It took my husband and his friend (who work on cars all the time) 10 hours to install. There are some bolts that are hard to get to and the holes that hold the bumper to the frame where a little off, but that could have been the jeep, not sure. We had a problem with the shipping. The box was ripped apart when it came off the truck and it seemed like someone dragged it across the floor as one corner of the bumper was scraped all the way down to the metal. Extreme Terrain was awesome in helping us get that fixed.

Love the looks once it was installed! Getting it installed was another thing. Took longer than expected and you almost had to have contortionist hands to mount the brackets for the fog lights. I like the fact that you still utilize the crush cans for the air bags. Not every bumper has that feature. I am more of a stubby bumper guy but the wife liked the full width and it was a great choice!

Extremely well built. Finish and welds are all perfect. Love how the winch is recessed down inside the bumper and the fit with the factory fender flares is precise. Yes it is expensive, but you get what you pay for.

This bumper gets the highest marks for appearance and sturdiness. It is tank tough! That being said, the instructions are terrible with few photos supplied and those that are supplied show little to no detail regarding the installation of the part in question. The small parts packaging is abysmal with all the nuts and bolt thrown into one large plastic bag. Further, access to certain nuts and bolts is almost impossible. I read somewhere on the net that it appears the unit was designed by computer with little to no consideration for human access during maintenance. I would have to agree with this observation. Yet it looks great once installed and I feel very secure in knowing both the front and rear of my vehicle are protected by ARB bumpers.

The ARB bumper is a purchase that I definitely don't regret. The bumper is solid and offers great protection to the vehicle, but also goes nicely with the curvature of the vehicle. I installed this with one of my buddies in the garage and it took about 2-3 hours (pizza and beer included). I later got a warn VR-10,000s winch that bolted perfectly to this bumper. I would definitely buy this again.

I bought this this bumper this spring to give full width protection to my Jeep. The bumper looks great and is heavy duty with good anchor points for the winch.
We did have a few issues with the instructions being hard to follow or not having the right info. Another issue we had was that parts for the turn signals on the end did not hold the light into their respective slots. We did work around this with longer screws and various nuts and washers, though was dissapointed to see that those took some effort to get to fit right.

I like the look of the bumper and it makes the Jeep look a lot beefier/meaner. The bumper is steel and I like how it is flush with the fender flare rather than have the gap there. I've got a lot of compliments on the bumper and it appears to be high quality from all the parts I see. The license plate also pops up to fit a winch too.

I really like how this bumper complements the JK. Solid is an understatement it's probably bulletproof. I looked at a lot of others but decided to go with this one due to the crush cans helping prevent premature airbag deployment and it's winch ready. The install was a challenge due to the box arriving broken open and missing a few parts, however Extreme Terrain was very accommodating and shipped a second bumper out with the missing parts next day. Excellent customer service and I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again. And I'm sure I will for the next upgrade.

This bumper is amazing. Very well built, and fits great. They only thing that ARB should do is label the parts. You just get a bag of nuts,bolts, washers, etc.. it can be frustrating figuring out what goes where. The instruction were good for the most part, but some areas they give very little info/detail. Other than that it's a great product

Not much more can be said about this bumper than already has. Impeccable fit-and-finish, robust, and nice style.
If you do the install yourself prepare for:
1. A big ol' bag of nuts and bolts, with no clear indication of which pieces are for what.
2. Fog light mounts that are difficult to install. In general there were a few times that it seemed like someone designed the mountng and assembly points on a computer, without considering how a human would get their hands and wrenchs physically into place to place bolts. We had to get creative a number of times.
3. That stupid crush can removal and transfer from your OEM bumper. I used an angle grinder and it went relative fast, but the thought that it was even necessary irked me. (ARB supplies a "crush can extension" that you attach to your existing cans... why they couldn't just supply the cans, I don't know.)
Pro Tip: use a pair of jack stands to help support the bumper while you're trying to get all the bolts started... and do get *all* 8 bolts started before you start to tighten anything down... and make sure you have a friend you trust to wiggle and move the bumper while you're under it starting the bolts.

This bumper should be an OE option. I have people come up to me since I put it on and tell me how much they like it.
Took me about 6 hours to install, it's a pretty hard install for sure, I'm pretty good with my hands and the installation was pretty tough. But still worth all the effort

I bought this bumper 7 years ago for my 2011 JK and have not regretted it one bit. The bumper is lighter than it looks but is stout as all get out.
I had a car accident where I T-boned a minivan because she ran a stop sign, the bumper held up well and totalled the van while the only damage I had was a broken IPF light.
The recovery points are extremely solid and the look can't be beat. Installation was a bit involved, it took a better part of an afternoon, but the result is top notch.

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